No increase in pension age until second term: Pyne

Education minister Christopher Pyne said on Sunday that the Coalition “shouldn’t be a government of surprises, and that any changes that might be made that weren’t taken to the election should not be introduced until there is another election for a second term of the Abbott government”.
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Senior Coalition minister
Christopher Pyne
said any increase to the pension age should not be introduced until a second-term Abbott government.

Mr Pyne said on Sunday that while there should be a national debate about the pension, the Coalition “shouldn’t be a government of surprises, and that any changes that might be made that weren’t taken to the election should not be introduced until there is another election for a second term of the Abbott government".